Margaret Cole is the founder and director of European Adoption Consultants (EAC).

As you can see, by her own admission, three of her children work at EAC. Isn’t that cozy?

Equally cozy would be the monopolistic cartel that could result from the Russian adoption agreement. Cole and other agencies have banded together to try to make sure only a few agencies are allowed to operate in Russia.

This is not for the benefit of Russian children. It is so Cole can pay herself and her family members even more, since EAC will be able to raise its prices.

If you didn’t know better, you might think it was an official announcement about the Russian adoption agreement.

But it is nothing more than advertising for Margaret Cole and her adoption agency, EAC (European Adoption Consultants).

All of the links and phone numbers go to EAC or another EAC website.

Do not forget, EAC is a nonprofit. There are restrictions on what nonprofits can do when it comes to lobbying. Did Margaret Cole and EAC lobby for this agreement? After all, if they are able to “knock out” other agencies, then they could raise their prices (they are already expensive).

But the agreement has NOT yet been ratified. It is not clear when it will be ratified, or, when ratified, what form it will take.

Cole and EAC did, however, waste no time reserving domain names and putting up these sites.

The U.S. is still dragging its feet in efforts to organize timely assistance to the Russian children who have suffered at the hands of American foster parents. This was reported by Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights Pavel Astakhov, who was on an official visit to America in mid-February.

According to him, Washington has not yet assembled comprehensive data on the number of Russian children adopted by U.S. citizens, or all cases of violations of their rights. However, according to Astakhov, the State Department is making an effort to rectify the situation.

The Ombudsman noted that work on ratification of a bilateral agreement on adoptions will be accelerated only in the event of clearly-defined implementation guarantees. The agreement was signed in 2011. It provides for special training of foster parents and providing regular updates on the wellbeing of Russian children in the United States.